Slovak
pronunciation
How to pronounce Slovak in British English:
UK ['sləʊvæk]
How to pronounce Slovak in American English:
US ['sloʊvæk]
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- Noun:
- a native or inhabitant of Slovakia
- the Slavic language spoken in Slovakia
Word Origin
- Slovak
- 1829 (n.), 1887 (adj.), from French Slovak, from the people's own name (compare Slovak and Czech Slovak, plural Slovaci; Polish Słowak; Russian Slovak; German Slowake). Related: Slovakian.
Example
- 1. Two-fifths of slovak hospital provision is delivered by private operators .
- 2. The czech and slovak korunas separated without even a ripple of disturbance .
- 3. Hungarian-language schools must conduct their administration in slovak .
- 4. Within the euro zone , germany and finland , and the slovak republic display similar trends .
- 5. Nobody can be sure of the euro 's future , as the recent drama in the slovak parliament reveals .